Author Archives: Jefferson Vann

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About Jefferson Vann

Jefferson Vann is pastor of Piney Grove Advent Christian Church in Delco, North Carolina.

reverent fellowship

Exodus 33:7-11 7 That was when Moses had taken the tent and pitched it outside the camp, far off from the camp, and he had called it the meeting tent. And everyone who wanted to inquire of the LORD would … Continue reading →

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this discouraging word

Exodus 33:1-6 1 The LORD told Moses, “Go on up from here, you and the people whom you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘To … Continue reading →

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perhaps I can make atonement

Exodus 32:25-35 25 And when Moses saw that the people had lost control of themselves (for Aaron had let them lose control, so that those standing with them gossiped), 26 then Moses stood in the gate of the camp and … Continue reading →

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passionately wrong

Exodus 32:15-24 15 Moses then turned and went down from the mountain and the two tablets of the testimony were in his hand, tablets that were written on both sides; on the front and on the back they were written. … Continue reading →

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these are your gods

Exodus 32:1-14 32:1 After the people saw that Moses was overdue coming down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron and said to him, “Stand up, make us gods who will go before us. We do not … Continue reading →

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the sign day

Exodus 31:12-18 12 And the LORD told Moses, 13 “You are to speak to the sons of Israel and tell them, ‘You must keep my Sabbaths, because this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, so that … Continue reading →

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faith in community

Exodus 31:1-11 1 The LORD told Moses, 2 “Notice, I have called by name Bezalel, son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, 3 and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill and … Continue reading →

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the aroma of worship

Exodus 30:22-38 22 The LORD told Moses, 23 “And you, take for yourself the best spices: of liquid myrrh 500 shekels, and of sweet-smelling cinnamon half as much, that is, 250, and 250 of sweet smelling cane, 24 and 500 … Continue reading →

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ritual washing

Exodus 30:17-21 17 The LORD told Moses, 18 “You should also make a basin of bronze, with its stand of bronze, for washing. You should put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you should put water … Continue reading →

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atonement money

Exodus 30:11-16 11 The LORD told Moses, 12 “When you take the census of the people of Israel, then each should give a ransom for his life to the LORD when you number them, that there be no plague among … Continue reading →

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